Puerto Rico

108
Total Protected Areas
0 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 98%
Points 2%
Discover Protected Areas and OECMs
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

6.62% Coverage

592km2 Land area covered

8,944km2 Total land area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

1.85% Coverage

3,197km2 Marine and coastal area covered

172,980km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 Areas assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

IUCN Management Categories

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Governance types

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Sources 2

  1. Protected areas of the Caribbean Updated: 2002 UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP)
  2. Protected Areas Database of the United States (PADUS 2.1) Updated: 2023 U.S. Geological Survey | Science Analytics and Synthesis | Gap Analysis Project (GAP) | Protected Areas Database of the United States 2.1

Designations

  • 98.15%
  • 1.85%

National designations

106
  • Conservation Area 3
  • Field 1
  • Marine Protected Area 37
  • National Wildlife Refuge 4
  • Private Conservation 15
  • Private Other or Unknown 3
  • Research Natural Area 1
  • Research or Educational Area 1
  • State Conservation Area 21
  • State Resource Management Area 16
  • Wild and Scenic River 3
  • Wilderness 1

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    2
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 2

    Other designations

    0

      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Puerto Rico from the World Database on Protected Areas, February 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net